Math Homework

Math 5067 001 Homework 1 Due 9/11/13

1. Read Chapter 1 in the DHW text (sections 1.1 – 1.3 are mandatory) and answer the following: a. List at least three incentives for an insurance company to develop new insurance products. b. (Exercise 1.1 in DHW) Why do insurers generally require evidence of health from a person applying for life insurance but not for an annuity? c. (Exercise 1.3 in DHW) Explain why premiums are payable in advance, so that the first premium is due at issue, rather than in one year’s time.

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mortality model. a. Under which conditions G(x) satisfy the criteria for a survival function? b. Determine the survival function for life aged 20. c. Calculate the probability that a life aged 20 dies between ages 30 and 40 d. Calculate 20 p0 . 4. Show that if X is a random variable such that P(X ≥ 0) = 1 then
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